Red Admirals mid flight by Kevin Chester

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18-JUL-2009

Red Admirals mid flight

I was trying to catch these two on a flower when my Daughter discovered they like landing on white bits of paper too. This was taken as they prepeared to land. Catching Butterflies mid flight is not somthing I thought I would ever achieve, but these were almost tame.

Canon EOS 30D
1/500s f/5.0 at 55.0mm iso500 full exif

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Esa Ervasti		12-Dec-2009 22:25
Sweet work with dad and daughter! Have to try same thing next summer.

malcolm haslam		20-Jul-2009 20:39
Fantastic shot! Nice one, Kevin...and, of course, your very able assistant too.

s_barbour		20-Jul-2009 02:44
Wow, this is so cool Kevin...great work!

Mairéad		19-Jul-2009 23:30
You've got a very good assistant there. Nice shot.

Johnny JAG		19-Jul-2009 20:09
Good catch!

Colin Storey		19-Jul-2009 18:08
Well done to you and your daughter for finding this cool way to shoot butterflys.

Guest		19-Jul-2009 14:54
excellent shot, and a brilliant discovery with the white paper

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